England star pacer Jofra Archer optimistic after injury woes

Englands star pacer Jofra Archer is optimistic after coming to win the ODI matches against Australia He has been struggling with an elbow injury in 2019 after the ODI World Cup and Ashes Test series that yearBut Jofra Archer has such a talent that England managed the plan for his return to international cricketWhile the gruelling demands of Test cricket remain off the agenda for the time being Archer did feature at the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean in June and is now back in Englands 50over squad as well This week marked an important staging post with Archer featuring in backtoback ODIs for the first time since 2020 as England drew level at 22 in a fivematch series against world champions Australia ahead of Sundays finale in BristolIn the ODI match against archrivals Australia Jofra Archer showed that he has lost no pace and claimed two wickets for 33 runs The Three Lions handed over a defeat to the Aussies by 186 runs He bagged the wickets of Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell and also landed a blow on Marnus Labuschagnes armAlso ReadDwayne Bravo expresses gratitude to Men in Yellow as he joins KKR as mentorBut for Archer just being back playing again is an achievement in itself Im still on the park and were almost approaching the end of the summer so for me thats a take Archer told reportersI wanted to play a summer and then I want to play a year and then I want to play a few years So everything is going to plan England would dearly love to have Archer available as one of a cohort of fast bowlers for a 202526 Ashes tour of Australia even though it is now more than three years since he played the last of his 13 TestsAhead of the ODI and T20I series against West Indies in October and November Jofra Archer refused to look far aheadThe T20 World Cup was a good check mark this whiteball series against Australia was a good check mark the Caribbean will be another good check mark hopefully I play more games there Archer saidNone of us have next year planned so lets just go series by seriesI know Ive been out its been a while but Im playing cricket again and Im just happyArcher was a key figure when England won the World Cup five years ago crucially holding his nerve while bowling the Super Over that sealed victory over New Zealand in a thrilling final at Lords Yet Archer and legspinner Adil Rashid were the only members from that team on show at Lords on Friday with Harry Brook standing in as captain of a youthful ODI side this series in the absence of the injured Jos ButtlerIts weird seeing the team change just the other day I was playing warmup football on the young side and a couple of weeks later Im on the old team said ArcherIts been a bit of a shock But a lot of the guys who are in and around they didnt play in 2019 but a lot played just after They have played big roles for their counties Its not like you are babysitting anyone here Everybody looks after themselves and Brooky looks after everyoneWith AFP Inputs